Dr. John Kim

Dr. John J. Kim is a Board certified ophthalmologist. He is the former Director of Residency in charge of training the new physicians at the Montefiore Medical Center. He was also the Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center. He served as Ophthalmology Instructor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Kim is currently the Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Elbert Einstein College of Medicine. He is also a member of the Medical Board of Directors for the Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration. After completing his pre-med education from Columbia University, he received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 1999. Dr. Kim is Fellowship trained in Cornea and Refractive Surgery from the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He serves as an attending surgeon at Montefiore Medical Center, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital and the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Greater New York . Dr. Kim specializes in complex surgical cases. He performs Cataract, LASIK, Glaucoma and Corneal Transplant Surgeries.